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Sony Posts Financial Loss of $1.2 Billion Dollars This Year

Sony Posts Financial Loss of $1.2 Billion Dollars This Year

Sony has been hit pretty hard this past year, which is finally evident in their financial forecast. The company has modified its forecast for its financial losses for the fiscal year, raising it to $1.2 billion dollars. Continue reading

Amazing 85" Sharp HDTV Displays in 7680x4320 Resolution

Amazing 85″ Sharp HDTV Displays in 7680×4320 Resolution

At the IFA trade show, Sharp displayed an amazing 85″ prototype HDTV that displays in 8K4K resolution. That’s an amazing 33 million pixels of high-def picture, around 16 times more than the 1080p HDTVs currently available on the consumer market. Continue reading

Six Hours of TV Could Shorten Your Life by 5 Years

Six Hours of TV Could Shorten Your Life by 5 Years

Research published in the “British Journal of Sports Medicine” has provided evidence that six hours of television daily could cut five years off of your life. Continue reading

Is 3-D TV A Passing Fad?

Is 3-D TV A Passing Fad?

In 2010, 3-D TV was cited as being the “next big thing” in home entertainment. Why hasn’t it caught on with consumers? Continue reading

Hulu Plus Subscription Price Might Be Slashed in Half

While Netflix has largely overwhelmed the subscription streaming market, CEO Reed Hastings even refers to the company now as “a streaming company that also offers DVD-by-mail,” Hulu still vies to regain their spot as the premier entertainment streaming source on the web. The launch of Hulu Plus several months ago was met with a mixed critical reception, with some critics lauding the company for charging $9.99 without removing the advertising. Recent reports suggest that Hulu could be slicing their streaming... Continue reading

Conan O’Brien Turns to the Web with 24-Hour Live “Coco Cam” Webcast Event

Ever since his not-so-amicable split with NBC in January, Conan O’Brien took to the internet, not only to passive-aggressively rage against the machine, but to tout his next venture, Conan on TBS, which debuts on November 8, 2010. His newest venture is slightly more ambitious than a series of tweets. Starting at 1 pm ET, Conan takes to the web with a 24-hour live webcast event, dubbed “Coco Cam.” Coco Cam will provide a behind-the-scenes look at Team Coco HQ... Continue reading

Banksy Directs The Simpsons Opening Couch Gag

Banksy, perhaps the most influential and acclaimed street artist of all-time, has officially made it to the mainstream. Solely responsible for making graffiti a respected art form, the anonymous Banksy directed the iconic opening theme and couch gag for The Simpsons. And it’s a wonder that 20th Century Fox approved it for broadcast. Featuring Banksy’s trademark dark humor and social commentary, this Simpsons intro features decapitated dolphins, enslaved unicorns and child sweat shop workers. The show and intro were broadcast... Continue reading

Fan-Made Opening Sequence for “The Walking Dead” is Worthy of Your TV Screen

On October 31, 2010, AMC will debut their newest series, the Frank Darabont directed The Walking Dead, the first apocalyptic zombie TV series that has a real chance of being a huge hit. Based on the comic book series of the same name, details are pretty scant so far about the series, other than what we know from the comic books. But one fan, Daniel Kanemoto, took some of the artistic direction into his own hands with this custom opening... Continue reading

Because It’s (Almost) Friday: A Dog Singing the Batman Theme

I usually reserve such meaningless pieces of awesome for Friday’s, but I couldn’t help myself with this one. Plus, we’re close enough. This studly Pug is quite the connoisseur of classic TV theme music. Here he is singing the Batman theme. And here I am giggling like a tickled midget. Link

Doctor Who Action Figure Set Includes All Eleven Doctors

Those of you who have been a loyal fan of Doctor Who are no stranger to change. In fact, there have been a total of 11 Doctors in the show’s run. And now you can own them all. Or at least own their action figure counterparts. Each of the 11 figures in the Doctor Who Action Figure Set is about 5″ tall. The figures come packed into a TARDIS-shaped package. For $100 you can pre-order your set now and it’ll... Continue reading